Project Overview

A key challenge for interactive learning environments is how to automatically co-regulate, balancing learners’ autonomy and the pedagogical processes intended by educators. In order to achieve personalized and dynamic co-regulation, we explore the use of artificial intelligence (AI) techniques of experience management (EM) in combination with a play-based pedagogical model. As a first step, this NSF-funded exploratory project seeks to collect preliminary data about 1) the relationship between a learner’s achievement goal orientations (learning orientation) and play style, and 2) the impact of dynamically adjusting the learning environment using EM on learner’s autonomy and learning outcomes.